• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 18.01

Description:
We are testing p_file_20/plif:

The job is failing with the following errors in the log:

Error (b_file_20_chk_edit_record) : Errors in Z304. Record No 000001
Unsupported action
Error (b_file_20_chk_edit_record) : Errors in Z305. Record No 000001
Unsupported action

Resolution:
The first byte in each PLIF input record segment (USER, ID, ADDR, and BOR) is the xxxx-REC-ACTION. The legitimate values for ACTION are "I" (Insert), "A" (Add), and "D" (Delete). When the program finds that the xxx-REC-ACTION is not one of these values, it issues this error.

This could be because you didn't understand the correct values for this byte, but, more commonly, it indicates that the input format has gotten off and there is, for instance, a blank where the program expects to find the ACTION.

In such cases, you can use the util f/2/5/1 utility to check the structure/validity of the PLIF input file.

Using util f/2/5/1 to look at the Address and BOR segments of this record 633 from the banner02.plif file, we see that both "ADDR-REC # 02" and "BOR-REC # 01" have a blank ACTION:

ADDR-REC # 01
ACTION...... A
SEQUENCE.... 01
TYPE........ 01
ADDR-1...... CLEMATIS,ST. LOUIS
ADDR-2...... #1 PRIVATE ROAD
ADDR-3...... BEHARRY TRACE
ADDR-4...... D?BADIE
ADDR-5...... TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
ZIP......... 1868
PHONE....... 868 7669999
PHONE-2.....
PHONE-3.....
PHONE-4.....
E-MAIL...... 810000224@mysta.abc.edu
START-DATE.. 0000000
STOP-DATE... 00000000
SMS-NUMBER.. 0

ADDR-REC # 02
ACTION...... <---------------- blank
SEQUENCE.... A0
TYPE........ 20
ADDR-1...... 2CLEMATIS,ST. LOUIS
ADDR-2...... #1PRIVATE ROAD
ADDR-3...... BEHARRY TRACE
ADDR-4...... D?BADIE
ADDR-5...... TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
ZIP.........
PHONE....... 868 7669999
PHONE-2.....
PHONE-3.....
PHONE-4.....
E-MAIL...... 810000224@mysta.abc.edu
START-DATE.. 000000
STOP-DATE... 00000000
SMS-NUMBER.. 00

Display Bor (CR cont, Q quit, S skip) :

BOR-REC # 01
ACTION...... <------------------- blank
SUB-LIBRARY. ASTA
TYPE........ 50
STATUS...... 01
EXPIRY-DATE. 60201105
REG-DATE.... 31201009

My intuition is that this problem has to do with the "D?BADIE" in the first Address. I believe that the incorrect processing of this diacritic has caused the following bytes to be shifted one byte to the right.

Fix the input file and try again.

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013